By Hana Namrouqa
AMMAN – Water fixtures that reduce consumption of the precious resource are now being installed in households in west Amman neighbourhoods, where water use is above the average rate.
Water-saving devices will be installed in 3,600 west Amman households by next week, under a campaign launched earlier this month by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the USAID-funded IDARA (Instituting Water Demand Management in Jordan) project.
“So far, 1,600 households in several west Amman neighbourhoods have been equipped with the water-saving devices free of charge. The areas covered include Khalda, Abdoun and Marj Al Hamam,” Nisreen Hadadin, director of the water demand management unit at the ministry, told The Jordan Times yesterday during a tour of houses where fixtures were being installed.
She noted that households in Tabarbour, Shafa Badran, the Seventh Circle area, Al Kursi, Dahiyat Al Rashid and Dahiyat Al Yasmeen will be also covered within a week. read more
The campaign coincides with the onset of summer in order to reduce water consumption during the hot season, according to Ministry of Water and Irrigation officials.
The water-saving devices will also be distributed in five other governorates where demand is high and resources are limited including Irbid, Ajloun, Jerash, Mafraq and Aqaba, according to the ministry, which indicated that the campaign will be implemented in cooperation with the water companies operating in the northern region and Aqaba.
“The devices will be installed in 3,400 households in the north and 2,500 in Aqaba. Work in the north will commence next week and Aqaba will follow,” Hadadin noted.
Local studies indicate that 60 per cent of water consumption originates from taps, half from kitchen taps, while water consumption in kitchens across the country is 25 per cent higher than the international average.
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